Usage examples of "terminer" in French with translation to English

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Je voudrais terminer mes études I would like to finish my studies
Ça ne va pas bien se terminer. It's not going to end well.
Je vais terminer ce qu'il a commencé. I will complete what he started.
Je ne pense pas que j'arriverai à terminer tout ce travail cet après-midi. I don't think I shall get through all this work this afternoon.
Je viens de le terminer. Just finished it.
Il a parié que la guerre allait bientôt se terminer. He gambled on the war coming to an early end.
Cela nous prit quinze minutes de terminer le travail. It only took us fifteen minutes to complete the job.
Je dois terminer mes devoirs. I must get my homework finished.
Je ne vois pas comment ça peut bien se terminer. I don't see how it can end well.
Vous auriez dû le terminer il y a longtemps. You should have completed it long ago.
Quand allez-vous terminer ça ? When are you going to finish this?
Nos deux héros ayant déserté cette phrase, leurs aventures semblaient bien vouloir se terminer précisément à ce mot-ci. Our two heroes having deserted this sentence, their adventures seemed to be willing to end precisely with this word.
Je dois terminer un article sur l'économie japonaise. I have to complete a paper on the Japanese economy.
Tom semble ne jamais rien terminer. Tom never seems to finish anything.
De manière ironique, la vieille règle de grammaire qui dit "ne jamais terminer une phrase par une préposition" le fait précisément ! Ironically, that old grammar rule that says "never end a sentence with a preposition" does just that!
Elle a eu besoin de toute l'après-midi pour terminer le travail. She needed the entire afternoon to complete the work.
Il me faut terminer mes devoirs. I need to finish my homework.
Quand allez-vous terminer votre devoir ? When will you finish your assignment?
Il doit terminer ses devoirs aujourd'hui. He must finish his homework today.
Je viens juste de terminer une lettre. I've just finished writing a letter.
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